Time for bragging

Since it was starting to get warm this week (ha, what a joke, it SNOWED this morning, just to spite me -.-), I brought my sourdough starters out of hibernation. Thought I had forgotten about them? No! Every time I opened my fridge and saw them sitting there, I thought wistfully of the time I'd get to make my own bread again. Supermarket bread just isn't cutting it anymore, I need my homemade artisan bread! The problem is, it's really hard to deal with yeast during the frigid winter. I ended up making the tough decision to toss out 2 of my 3 starters. I couldn't do it before because they were like pets to me. (Yes, it was easier to cut the cord when they'd been out of sight for months.)

I ended up making a garlic parmesan loaf that came out spectacularly. I was a little nervous about baking bread again and having to relearn everything as it's been so long, but it's like riding a bike, I guess. More details about the sourdough starters and the specifics of the bread I made at my food blog, but the bread looked so awesome I had to share the pictures here as well.

( Can you believe I made these? )